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P . M . ; Goldberg , S . W . ; Kingsworth , J . W . ; Dr . Maund , Sec . ; B . K . Thorpe , P . M . as S . D . ; Frank Collins , J . D . ; A . Thorpe , I . G . ; B . Thorpe , P . M . ; Sheppard , P . M . ; Mansell , Lieut . Davis , Miller Hallowes , Loud , Terry , Warington , Edwin Cock . Visitors —Bros . Finn , W . M . ; Ashdown , P . M . ; and English , all of the Hythe Lodge . This meeting was held under very melancholy auspices , being the first since the demise of our much respected and esteemed Bro . Hallowes . Not only was the lodge
furniture covered with black cloth , but all the brethren present appeared in deep mourning , thus testifying their sense of the great loss the lodge had sustained—that voice which had been so often listened to with love and respect , being now silent in the tomb . After the preliminary business , and the raising of Bro . Edwin Cock to the sublime degree of M . M ., strikingly emblematical of the occasion , the W . M . requested Bro . Eastes to deliver an oration , which he did in an appropriate and emphatic
manner : — WoKSHiruni , MASTEB AND BEETHEEN , —It has never before Jiappened to me to address you on so melancholy an occasion as the present , for I have to record the heavy loss recently sustained by onr lodge , and , indeed , by Freemasons generally , through the death of our highly-respected and much-beloved Past Master , Brother Hallowes , and I feel a difficulty in finding words to express your feelingsas well as own so
, my , upon grievous a calamity . Many of you will remember that at our last meeting I stated that a few hours previously I had had an interview with him , and had but faint hope we should ever meet again upon earth . Words too prophetic ; for , alas ! upon the following day he was numbered among the dead . Brethren , the mourning in which our lodge is placed is but a faint type of the grief of our hearts at our irreparable lossfor we
, may not say that our departed brother was the father of our lodge , and no parent could display greater love for his offspring ? Was it not exemplified in every act and every word hy his energy and ability in its formation , by his constant zeal in its support , by his never-failing , untiring attention to the duties which devolved upon him , by his sound advice in all matters of difficulty , and by his safe pilotage through the shoals on which
Masonic lodges have been so frequently wrecked ? Indeed , if we have any cause for congratulation upon the position our lodge has attained among those in the province , it is to him that our thanks are due , and I believe we may safely arrive at this conclusion ivithout disparagement to those brethren who so ably seconded his endeavours throughout , and to whom our brother in his modest nature was disposed to give a large share of the creditbut I feel assured they will coincide with this
; opinion , that our Brother Hallowes was the founder and mainstay of the Invicta Lodge . Brethren , he for whom we grieve was no ordinary man , for the true principles of Masonry were deeply implanted in his nature . They dwelt in his heart , and shone forth in all their brightness by the exercise of every virtue with which Masonry is embellished . It is rare to meet with a -more noble-minded man . No selfish feelingsno bigoted ideas
, obtained with him ; possessed with great power of discernment , cemented by strong common sense , he readily formed an opinion upon men and matter , and bis words were ever ready to pour forth in earnest eloquence in its support . We have , indeed , then great cause to lament that he is taken from us ; but let us anticipate meeting again in the Grand Lodge above . We will not , therefore , mourn as those without hope , for
" Death is the crown of life . Were death deny'd , poor men would live in vain ; Were death deny'd , to live would not be life ; Were death deny'd , e ' en fools would wish to die . " I have lingered upon our personal connection with our Brother Hallowes , but I should imperfectly discbarge my duty did I not place before you a slight sketch of his life , and in so doing I must of necessitpoint out to the deep interest he took
y you in Masonry iu the lodges to which he belonged , as well as the influence he exerted in the Provincial Grand Lodge , which greatly conduced to the high position it has attained in connection with the various Masonic Charities . He was the third son of Colonel Hallowes ( late of the 56 th Regiment , and for many years barrack-master in this town ) , and was born at Penrith in Cumberland in 1796 . At eleven of
years age , as a naval cadet , ' he entered the service of his country , in which he continued until the peace in 1815 , with the rank of lieutenant , he was placed on the half-pay list . His Masonic career commenced at Hythe , in 1833 , when lie was proposed by Bro . Monypenny , P . M ., ancl P . Prov . S . G . W ., and seconded by our Bro . Warington , in the Princo Edwin
Lodge ( late No . 147 ) , of ivhich he continued a subscribing member until the day of his death . In November of that year , he was raised to the sublime degree of a M . M . He was at that time residing at New Romney . He was invested as J . W . in 1833 , as S . W . in 1837 , and unanimously elected as W . M . in 1838 , which office he held for two consecutive years , and again iu 1845 ; and during the whole of this time , although residing some eight miles distant , he was absent from the lodge
meetings only on one or two occasions , and then on account of sickness hi his family , as recorded in the minute-book , and so punctual was he that lie never but once was known to crave admission to the lodge . In this lodge he also took the Mark Masons degree . In 1846 , he went to reside at Dover , when he joined the lodge of Peace and Harmony ( late 235 ) . Iu the year 1841 :, he was exalted to the degree of a Eoyal Arch Mason in the Dover Chapter . He
passed the two chairs of J . and H . in 1816 and 1847 , and was elected as First Principal in 1848 . In 1857 , he joined , with Bro . Thorpe and others , in a petition to the Grand Master for the establishment of the Invicta Lodge at Ashford , which was duly consecrated in the same year , when our brother was installed as the first W . M ., and again in 1858 , and continued one of its most useful ancl energetic members until the close of his truly
Masonic life . In the Provincial Grand Lodge , he was appointed Grand Record Keeper in 1836 , and Grand Orator in 1838 , on which occasion he delivered an oration on Masonry at the Grand Festival at Hythe . He received the rank of G . S . W . in 1844 , to which he was re-appointed in 1815 and 1846 . And now , brethren , we must look to the particular measures which he introduced into the Provincial Grand Lodge , as an illustration of
his zeal and forethought for the advancement of Masonry , upon its true principles , whether as regards the frequent assembling of the brethren of the province , without injury to the receiving lodge , in a pecuniary point of view , or the establishment of the principle of an organised assistance to those charities which are the just pride of our Order . In February , 1844 , at his suggestion , a circular was issued by the W . M . of the Prince Edwin Lodge , inviting the various lodges in the Province of Kent , to send a deputation to be held at some convenient place for the purpose of taking into consideration a proposal that the
individual members of each lodge pay to the Provincial Grand Lodge a certain annual amount to enable the Provincial Grand Master to hold the festival where he shall think fit . A meeting was accordingly held at the Fountain Hotel , Canterbury , in the same year ( Brother Hallowes in the chair ) , when the subscription was fixed at 2 s . per head , and a vote of thanks was passed to him and to the members of the Prince Edwin Lodge , for the proposition , and you are doubtless aware that from this fund
the sum of £ 50 is annually paid to the receiving lodge . In 1848 , he gave notice of a motion in the Provincial Grand Lodge to the effect that it is highly desirable to support all the Masonic Charities , recommending the several lodges in the province to raise annually a sum of money for this purpose . Although this was not carried out in detail , precisely as our brother suggested , still there cannot be a doubt that from this proposition emanated those grand results which he lived to
witness . The payment of 2 s . per head by every subscribing member in the province , for the purpose of forming -a charity fund , which was shortly after resolved and acted upon , has enabled the Provincial Grand Lodge to make grants of thirty guineas to seventeen of our lodges , twenty guineas for the Girls' School and ten guineas for the Boys' School , by which means these lodges are entitled to tbe privileges of life
governors , and , in addition to this , £ 20 will be given to all the lodges in rotation in proportion to the number of subscribing members to make them life governors of the Royal Benevolent Institution as well . Six have already received it , and it will probably be bestowed at the rate of about £ 60 per annum . What a happy result is this of the principle of the many helping the few . I might refer to these subjects more deeply , but
I believe I have said sufficient to place our brother before you in his true character , as one who was ever ready to assist the cause of the fatherless ancl widow , and to prove to the world the happy and beneficial effects of our institution , resting as it does upon the solid foundation of charity . I must now relate an incident in our Brother Hallowes' Masonic career , which I consider characteristic of the man . When it became probable that the rank of Provincial Grand Master would be bestowed upon Lord Holmesdale , he requested our brother to aet as his deputy , which he consented to do , but when his lordship received the appointment he found our Brother Dohson ( than
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Provincial.
P . M . ; Goldberg , S . W . ; Kingsworth , J . W . ; Dr . Maund , Sec . ; B . K . Thorpe , P . M . as S . D . ; Frank Collins , J . D . ; A . Thorpe , I . G . ; B . Thorpe , P . M . ; Sheppard , P . M . ; Mansell , Lieut . Davis , Miller Hallowes , Loud , Terry , Warington , Edwin Cock . Visitors —Bros . Finn , W . M . ; Ashdown , P . M . ; and English , all of the Hythe Lodge . This meeting was held under very melancholy auspices , being the first since the demise of our much respected and esteemed Bro . Hallowes . Not only was the lodge
furniture covered with black cloth , but all the brethren present appeared in deep mourning , thus testifying their sense of the great loss the lodge had sustained—that voice which had been so often listened to with love and respect , being now silent in the tomb . After the preliminary business , and the raising of Bro . Edwin Cock to the sublime degree of M . M ., strikingly emblematical of the occasion , the W . M . requested Bro . Eastes to deliver an oration , which he did in an appropriate and emphatic
manner : — WoKSHiruni , MASTEB AND BEETHEEN , —It has never before Jiappened to me to address you on so melancholy an occasion as the present , for I have to record the heavy loss recently sustained by onr lodge , and , indeed , by Freemasons generally , through the death of our highly-respected and much-beloved Past Master , Brother Hallowes , and I feel a difficulty in finding words to express your feelingsas well as own so
, my , upon grievous a calamity . Many of you will remember that at our last meeting I stated that a few hours previously I had had an interview with him , and had but faint hope we should ever meet again upon earth . Words too prophetic ; for , alas ! upon the following day he was numbered among the dead . Brethren , the mourning in which our lodge is placed is but a faint type of the grief of our hearts at our irreparable lossfor we
, may not say that our departed brother was the father of our lodge , and no parent could display greater love for his offspring ? Was it not exemplified in every act and every word hy his energy and ability in its formation , by his constant zeal in its support , by his never-failing , untiring attention to the duties which devolved upon him , by his sound advice in all matters of difficulty , and by his safe pilotage through the shoals on which
Masonic lodges have been so frequently wrecked ? Indeed , if we have any cause for congratulation upon the position our lodge has attained among those in the province , it is to him that our thanks are due , and I believe we may safely arrive at this conclusion ivithout disparagement to those brethren who so ably seconded his endeavours throughout , and to whom our brother in his modest nature was disposed to give a large share of the creditbut I feel assured they will coincide with this
; opinion , that our Brother Hallowes was the founder and mainstay of the Invicta Lodge . Brethren , he for whom we grieve was no ordinary man , for the true principles of Masonry were deeply implanted in his nature . They dwelt in his heart , and shone forth in all their brightness by the exercise of every virtue with which Masonry is embellished . It is rare to meet with a -more noble-minded man . No selfish feelingsno bigoted ideas
, obtained with him ; possessed with great power of discernment , cemented by strong common sense , he readily formed an opinion upon men and matter , and bis words were ever ready to pour forth in earnest eloquence in its support . We have , indeed , then great cause to lament that he is taken from us ; but let us anticipate meeting again in the Grand Lodge above . We will not , therefore , mourn as those without hope , for
" Death is the crown of life . Were death deny'd , poor men would live in vain ; Were death deny'd , to live would not be life ; Were death deny'd , e ' en fools would wish to die . " I have lingered upon our personal connection with our Brother Hallowes , but I should imperfectly discbarge my duty did I not place before you a slight sketch of his life , and in so doing I must of necessitpoint out to the deep interest he took
y you in Masonry iu the lodges to which he belonged , as well as the influence he exerted in the Provincial Grand Lodge , which greatly conduced to the high position it has attained in connection with the various Masonic Charities . He was the third son of Colonel Hallowes ( late of the 56 th Regiment , and for many years barrack-master in this town ) , and was born at Penrith in Cumberland in 1796 . At eleven of
years age , as a naval cadet , ' he entered the service of his country , in which he continued until the peace in 1815 , with the rank of lieutenant , he was placed on the half-pay list . His Masonic career commenced at Hythe , in 1833 , when lie was proposed by Bro . Monypenny , P . M ., ancl P . Prov . S . G . W ., and seconded by our Bro . Warington , in the Princo Edwin
Lodge ( late No . 147 ) , of ivhich he continued a subscribing member until the day of his death . In November of that year , he was raised to the sublime degree of a M . M . He was at that time residing at New Romney . He was invested as J . W . in 1833 , as S . W . in 1837 , and unanimously elected as W . M . in 1838 , which office he held for two consecutive years , and again iu 1845 ; and during the whole of this time , although residing some eight miles distant , he was absent from the lodge
meetings only on one or two occasions , and then on account of sickness hi his family , as recorded in the minute-book , and so punctual was he that lie never but once was known to crave admission to the lodge . In this lodge he also took the Mark Masons degree . In 1846 , he went to reside at Dover , when he joined the lodge of Peace and Harmony ( late 235 ) . Iu the year 1841 :, he was exalted to the degree of a Eoyal Arch Mason in the Dover Chapter . He
passed the two chairs of J . and H . in 1816 and 1847 , and was elected as First Principal in 1848 . In 1857 , he joined , with Bro . Thorpe and others , in a petition to the Grand Master for the establishment of the Invicta Lodge at Ashford , which was duly consecrated in the same year , when our brother was installed as the first W . M ., and again in 1858 , and continued one of its most useful ancl energetic members until the close of his truly
Masonic life . In the Provincial Grand Lodge , he was appointed Grand Record Keeper in 1836 , and Grand Orator in 1838 , on which occasion he delivered an oration on Masonry at the Grand Festival at Hythe . He received the rank of G . S . W . in 1844 , to which he was re-appointed in 1815 and 1846 . And now , brethren , we must look to the particular measures which he introduced into the Provincial Grand Lodge , as an illustration of
his zeal and forethought for the advancement of Masonry , upon its true principles , whether as regards the frequent assembling of the brethren of the province , without injury to the receiving lodge , in a pecuniary point of view , or the establishment of the principle of an organised assistance to those charities which are the just pride of our Order . In February , 1844 , at his suggestion , a circular was issued by the W . M . of the Prince Edwin Lodge , inviting the various lodges in the Province of Kent , to send a deputation to be held at some convenient place for the purpose of taking into consideration a proposal that the
individual members of each lodge pay to the Provincial Grand Lodge a certain annual amount to enable the Provincial Grand Master to hold the festival where he shall think fit . A meeting was accordingly held at the Fountain Hotel , Canterbury , in the same year ( Brother Hallowes in the chair ) , when the subscription was fixed at 2 s . per head , and a vote of thanks was passed to him and to the members of the Prince Edwin Lodge , for the proposition , and you are doubtless aware that from this fund
the sum of £ 50 is annually paid to the receiving lodge . In 1848 , he gave notice of a motion in the Provincial Grand Lodge to the effect that it is highly desirable to support all the Masonic Charities , recommending the several lodges in the province to raise annually a sum of money for this purpose . Although this was not carried out in detail , precisely as our brother suggested , still there cannot be a doubt that from this proposition emanated those grand results which he lived to
witness . The payment of 2 s . per head by every subscribing member in the province , for the purpose of forming -a charity fund , which was shortly after resolved and acted upon , has enabled the Provincial Grand Lodge to make grants of thirty guineas to seventeen of our lodges , twenty guineas for the Girls' School and ten guineas for the Boys' School , by which means these lodges are entitled to tbe privileges of life
governors , and , in addition to this , £ 20 will be given to all the lodges in rotation in proportion to the number of subscribing members to make them life governors of the Royal Benevolent Institution as well . Six have already received it , and it will probably be bestowed at the rate of about £ 60 per annum . What a happy result is this of the principle of the many helping the few . I might refer to these subjects more deeply , but
I believe I have said sufficient to place our brother before you in his true character , as one who was ever ready to assist the cause of the fatherless ancl widow , and to prove to the world the happy and beneficial effects of our institution , resting as it does upon the solid foundation of charity . I must now relate an incident in our Brother Hallowes' Masonic career , which I consider characteristic of the man . When it became probable that the rank of Provincial Grand Master would be bestowed upon Lord Holmesdale , he requested our brother to aet as his deputy , which he consented to do , but when his lordship received the appointment he found our Brother Dohson ( than